Hello everyone! Well i finally got to get in some crafting time. I'm telling ya, this preggie going to bed early thing seriously can take a toll on your mojo! But today i've tried to be dedicated to my craft! I woke up this morning and started crafting! No joke. I got a card in before the youngster woke up so it isnt crazy detailed, but it's nice. A good friend of mine got some bad news and told me last night but i was unable to get a card made. So i was determined to get one made and out in the mail this am!



Here she is... Clickabella (www.stampingbella.com) to remind my friend that i'm just a mouse click away if she needs to talk (and by the way, stamping bella actually makes that sentiment but i dont have it. I dont have the clickabella stamp either though, this was an image from an image swap i was in a bit back. :)

Other Supplies Used
Cardstock by Stampin Up
Copic Makers
Cuddlebug Embossing Folder
Ribbon
Bazzill Brads
Ticket Punch by Stampin Up
ColorBox Cat Eye chalk inks for all edges and on embossed cardstock


And more to come as i kept pluggin away at various times today. Let me just say, i got some new jewel tone shimmer chalks by pebble inc and made a coupla cards with them. They are divine!!!!! Keep your eyes peeled... i'll show them off tomorrow!

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Fantastic BLOG CANDY ALERT

Ok, so i havent posted a creation recently... it's because i havent created! it's so sad. And i've been dying to... really! But alas, the pregnancy is wearing me down and i havent been crafting at night, but being a big ol' lazy bum! That and i spent some needed time with the hubster this weekend. He's been working so hard.

But tonights the night gals! The kiddo has driven me nutso - i love the little bugger... but it's been "one of those days" and i told hubby if he wanted a sane wife that i needed all me time tonight. Graciously, he agreed.

So, i'll be crafting later... but not yet. First i wanted to be sure to tell you about some fantastic BLOG CANDY! Whiff of Joy stamps (remember the one i submitted the magnolia card for) well she has hit 100,000 hits on her blog. And she's giving away 4 of the new guardian angel stamps to a lucky lucky winner!!!! And better yet... who ever wins, she's sponsering blog candy on their blog as well. So lets hope that i win (teehee) and then i get to in turn post it here on my blog as well. It's the most rockin' blog candy ever!

So go here to check out the fabulouso blog candy and register to win it. and if you win it... well you better let me know so i can try to win it off of your blog!

CHEERS!

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Guitar Hero ROCKS!

Ok, so i didnt just do this. But it's really in response to a friends blog in which she posted a video clip of her kiddos playing guitar hero. We also have guitar hero in my house and some close family friends of ours have Rock Band. One day we had an invitation to go to their house to play guitar hero and rockband, but if i was truly a rockstar, i could show up with the same guitar as everyone else could i? So i "altered" my guitar. I kept it simple with some rub ons but i added some flourishes and my name. And then in smaller letters i added the names of my loved ones (Greg my hubby and my son Jack). I guess i'll need to be adding a 3rd name soon. good thing i have some of those rub ons left!

I'm hoping to get to play crafty wise a little bit today. I got some new punches yesterday at AC moore. woohoo! I have a bridal trial though smack dab in the middle of the day so we'll see how it goes. I'm not needed for a wedding tomorrow that i was originally booked on so who knows, maybe i'll get to play then too. :)

Happy craftin' saturday everyone!

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Starving Artist Give Away

Starving Artist Stamps is having a little BLOG CANDY

New sets have been released. Great for the fall - lots of camping and since we do lots of camping... i'd totally love to win these sets! and these bugs



are so stinkin cute!

You may remember this post of mine...
http://papermakeup.blogspot.com/2008/07/starving-artist-zot.html from the other week. That was (sadly) my FIRST starving artist card. I'm hopefully meeting up with my gal Rachel today to pick up my second order. We are horrible enablers with each other and one cant order from anywhere without the other tagging onto the order. But hey, at least it saves on shipping! Maybe if i'm lucky, i'll get to work on another card before the weekend is out and i'll have a new starving artist card for ya! :)

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Pre-school teacher gifts

Jack had his last day of summer pre-school today. What am i going to do until September? I'll be growing more and more immobile and he'll be getting more and more bored! Ack!
I've really been so pleased with preschool this summer. Jack adores his teacher and during weeks that he does have school he asks to go or to go to "Ms Jill's house". The only downside in the fall is he goes 1 less day a week and only from 9-12 (as opposed to our summers 9-1). I'm heavily debating whether i should put him in more days or stick to the 2. Any suggestions?

ok... onto my teacher gifts. I made 6 knowing i'd need 5. There are a couple of other teachers that all work together with the classes so i wanted to be sure to thank them all, not just "Ms Jill". A friend of mine told me a simple gift idea she did at a stampin up demo party. She said cut some chipboard to 4x4 or 5x5 square. Cover the front and back with paper. Use a binder clip to hold a post it pad on. Cover the binder clip with a scallop circle and stamped image on a circle. Viola. So thats what i made! I believe they even used this cherry print from SU along with the cherry stamp from the tart n tangy set. I covered the back with real red cardstock (the same cardstock i used for my card base. Edges are inked with Colorbox Pigment Inks. And i punched out some photo corners using my SU punch out of real red and the scallop circle is also real red. I really was super pleased at how fast and easy this was to put together!

Any other questions, feel free to ask!

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Kraftin' Kimmie's Challenge - WeightWatchaBella

Kim Reid of Kraftin' Kimmie's Korner posted a challenge last week that could win you some fabulous Magnolia Stamps as well as some other goodies! There is still time if you want to enter! Check out this blog entry of her's for all the details.

Let me just say that Kim's blog is one of my new found favorite blogs. She is who introduced me to Whiff of Joy stamps and blog. And has given me countless ways of inspiration since i found her blog. I could go on and on. But i'll spare you and let you want to go on and on yourself. Just go check out her blog!

I love the Magnolia images she has used. I however only own 1 magnolia stamp and since i JUST used her for another challenge, i figured i'd ink up a different lonely stamp that has yet to see ink. (i own too many of those right now after my "it's my birthday month and i want it buy spree!). So i chose to use the new WeightWatchaBella from stampingbella.com. And made myself a book to keep track of my weight loss goals. For those of you who know me, know i'm pregnant and due in September. I havent (yet) gained as much as i did with my first child, but let me tell you, i've still gained a lot and i'm desperate to have my body back! So i'm really going to work hard after baby (provided i dont break my tailbone like i did with the first, even though the doc says i probably will) to get my possibly broken booty back into shape! And not only did i use my lonely bella, my Mom bought me a bind it all for my birthday and i hadnt gotten to use it yet either!

So here is my entry for Kim's challenge! Now i just need to put it to good use!!!!!

The center of my oval has been popped up and then the edges were lined with ribbon. My 2 year old saw it and immediately said "FOOTBALL". I didnt even know he knew what a football was!

It adds some nice dimension to the cover of the book bit it not extremely noticeable. Still, i think it adds a nice little touch. I'm very into using pop dots these days.


here are some extra details...

Stamps: WeightWatchaBella - stamping bella
Patterened Paper: Die Cuts With a View
Cardstock: Stampin UP
Accessories: Larger flower by Heidi Swapp, smaller flowers by Prima
Misc ribbons and brads from my "stash"


Wish me luck everyone!

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OCC Challenge - dry embossing

Our Creative Corner
had a challenge posted on their blog to use dry embossing on a card! I'm really hoping i'm making the deadline on this one for the challenge! but even if i'm not in the running to win any of their fabulous prizes, i had fun completing the challenge and also used a stamp set that i had yet to ink up!

My supplies:

Stamps: C C Designs Summer Time Fun
Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black and Copic Markers
Patterend Paper: American Crafts
Cardstock: Stampin Up
Embossing Folders by CuddleBug : Spots and Dots and Swirls
Brads and thread from my "stash"
Scallop Circle cut by Accent Essentials Cricut Cartridge

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Magnolia for Whiff of Joy Challenge

I found a new blog and i'm in love! I absolutely LOVE her style. And whats more, she's coming out with her own stamp line called Whiff of Joy. She posted a sketch as a challenge for a position as a guest designer. I would be honored to take that spot on! But my card cant hold a candle to her cards! I would definitely suggest checking her blog out! CHECK IT OUT HERE!

Here was her sketch...


and she has a new sketch today that i cant wait to try.

Ok, onto the deets of my card...

Supplies:
Cardstock: Bazzill Cheddar, Bazzil Walnut, Bazzill Whirlpool
Patterned Paper: Crate Paper (Blue Hill Collection)
Stamps: Magnolia Tilda with Marguerites, sentiment is Heidi Grace
Accessories: PTI Aqua Mist Ribbon, bellas baubles, eyelet by We R Memory Keepers, Chipboard tag from the dollar spot at Target
Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black and all edges are inked with Colorbox Chalk inks (amber clay, chestnut roan, prussian blue and wisteria
And image is colored with Copic Markers

All of the colors are based out of the patterned paper scrap i had from crate paper. I just ADORE crate paper! And since i'm a bit of a bazzill connoisseur i just happened to have matching bazzill colors. :) Creating the right purple for her top was a wee bit tricky. I had to combine copic violet and copic grey. I need some different purples i've decided.
The Tag i stamped the sentiment on is from a set of self adhesive chipboard i got at target for a buck! I actually adhered the bazzill to the sticky side of the chipboard and then sanded the edges to get it the perfect size.
There are actually a lot of different layers on this card as i used a LOT of pop dots. However, it's hard to get that feel from the 2d image. The layers are super fun in person. :)


Thanks so much everyone and wish me luck!

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i was totally going to wait and post these in the next day or so but i just couldnt. I was so excited when Mr. Brown came today with my bellas! I wanted to play with them all, but the little rascal had other plans for me today. MAN was he wild! Anyhoo - he finally crashed just before 9pm, so i basically told my hubby that i needed some alone time in my craft room and i've been crafting away ever since. Ok, well that and chatting online.

Ok, on with the bellas! I got more than just these 2 gals, so keep you eyes peeled for some more bella cards soon! But tonight i used Halobella and i-wish-i-looked-so-good-on-a-bike-abella. Yes, her name really is that long!

The cards are simple again, without a lot of layers. I was more excited about the stamps and coloring than anything else this evening. :)

Card 1 supplies
Paper/Cardstock: GP white, soft sky (SU), Blue Bayou (SU)
Stamps: bella and sentiment by stamping bella
background stars stamped in Soft Sky ink; stamps from Verve Visual
Ink: memento tuxedo black, copics for coloring and a clear atyou spica pen
Other tools: custom cutting circles by creative memories, a piercing tool for free hand piercing

Card 2 supplies
Paoer/Cardstock, GP white, Berry Sorbet (PTI), Summer Sunrise (PTI), patterened paper (PTI)
Stamps: Bella from stampingbella, sentiment from Say It In Style (CTMH)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, copics to color
Accessories: Berry Sorbet double stiched ribbon (PTI), Mango Embossing Powder (stampendous)
Other Tools: scallop corner punch by creative memories

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Starving Artist : ZOT

So i had entirely too much fun with this guy! And i've decided i NEED all the Starving Artist Doodle Factory Creatures. You can see the rest here. They are just too hilarious.
I kept the card simple. I mostly just wanted to break in the stamp. The sentiment stamp is by inkadinkado (I think - yipes! it's not mounted and just sitting with my unmount-eds so i'm just not positive on that one). And he is colored with copics. Other than that as you can see there arent a lot of laters to the card. I used some black cardstock embossed with the distressed stripes cuddlebug folder. I off centered my mats just to make the card look messy. i also stamped some splotches to mock spilled coffee. Those stamps are from the Bo Bunny Urban set. And then i just added some very random buttons from my button jar that are faux stitched on with black thread - and viola - we have ZOT. :) And i must say i laughed the entire time i made this card. :)

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